Garter.



No. 878.084. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

B. E. PANETH:

' G-ARTER,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Feb. 1808.

implication tiled Jitl Z]. 1907. Serial No. 385614.

T 0 all whom it moi-i] concernr Be it known that I, BENJAMIN E. PANETH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city, county, and State of ilew, York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garters, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates primarily to an i111 movement in the garter shown in the patent to CasperBloomberg, No. 851,219, dated April 23, 1907.

Among my objects are the production of a garter in which tie leg band and depending strap will be integral, to obviate the necessity of making rights and lofts, and afford a swinging motion to the depending strap on the end of'hich the sock engaging member fastened.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a view of my garter with the ends secured together, Fi 2 a plan View of the structure of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 a plan View of the pre ferred form of the garter. I The garter comprises a leg encircling oand 1, which is perforated as shown. A suitable two part fastener-12, 3, capable of allowing a rotary motion when. engaged, and preferably of the ball and socket type is secured at the ends of the band, the slide part can he slid along the band for adjusting purposes.

The depending" strap is integral with the band 1 and is located adjacent to one end of it extending' in line with the fixed or nail member of the fastener. Sock engaging means 5 are secured to the end oi" the strap 4. The band i ii) xingstraigrht can be used on either the rigli or the left leg and when the 5 garter is in use the ball and socket fastening permits a swinging: motion of the strap 4 which is in. line with it and oerii'iiis it to hang in a substantially vertical line and to yield with the movements ol" llie wearer thereby increasing his con'ilort. As tho of which band and strap are integral. there is no undue thickening and biincliing at the junction of band, strap and fastening such as would. occur 11' the strap 4 were separate and pivotally secured to the band 1.

As shown in Fig. 3 two depending straps are shown, the second of which is located at a point opposite the end strap 4 when in use and by the use of which the sock can be supported at two points.

I claim2 1. A garter comprising a leg encircling: band; an integral strap extendingfrom lire hand in the same plane and depending L'Hiwfrom adjacent to one end; both baud end strap being formed to sluipe from a shoot of 1 material without folding; means on ilio end of the depending strap for engaging-the sock; and two part means on the ends of the band for securing it tog-ether, one oi said. parts being zidjustalily secured to the band and the other fixed thereto in linewith the dependingstrap.

2. A garter comprising 2L leg'encircling band: a plurality ol integral straps cxtending from the band in the same plane and iloocnding lliei'olrom, one of which adjacent to one ondol the hand; both hand and tram-i lioin cut to shape from a sheet of r, i 2 tei'ial without l'olding; means on the ends iii L of said straps for engaging the sock; and two part means on the ends of the band. for 

